Matthew Hoggard
Matthew Hoggard
Matthew James Hoggard MBEis a former English cricketer. The 6' 2" Hoggard was a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. He played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000–2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day International cricket. He was the captain of Leicestershire from 2010 until he announced his retirement in 2013. Previous to this he played for Yorkshire for a total of thirteen years...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth31 December 1976
bedroom beers bit covered dressing few floor last minutes passed remember wife
I remember having a few beers last night, then it all went a bit hazy. I passed out on the bedroom floor and the wife covered me with a dressing gown. I was in the room 10 minutes before I could speak!
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What lack of justice to the series would rain be? Victory or death for both sides - a draw would be the biggest let-down of the millenium thus far.
players wickets
But the players are keen, and we will try to take all the wickets we can.
juice water
We had pineapple juice and water when we got there,
We know we are in for another big fight,
bowl fourth picked playing three
I was disappointed that I did not play the first three one-day matches. I was picked for playing the fourth but unfortunately i did not bowl as well as I hoped.
ball hard knowing tried work
Knowing there was hard work to be done, we tried to put the ball in the right areas.
drink meeting
We're sober. We didn't drink - not when we're meeting the Queen.
bit good playing
We are playing a very good opposition. With a little bit more application and thought from us, we could have been right in the series.
against best good played proves record side
We played against a good opposition, the best one-day side in the world and the record proves it.
ashes beckham believe bring cricket david football front home page talking
To bring home the Ashes will be fantastic, not just for us but for every sport in this country. Cricket has been in the headlines, on the front page and one the back. Even David Beckham has been talking about it. Can you believe it, football talking about cricket?
hit remember
I have only ever been hit in the nets before - I can't remember being floored in a game.
runs three
On a wicket like that you don't want to go for many runs, and I thought everyone did well to get in under three runs an over,
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I remember sitting in the dressing-room at Lord's then and chewing the bat handle off, not knowing how I was going to score runs. This time I was very confident of being able to help knock off the 14 runs we needed.